Sunday 25th August, 2019

Accra, Aug. 25, GNA - President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo has left Ghana for Japan to attend the 7th Tokyo
International Conference on African Development (TICAD), at the invitation of
the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe.

The conference is to promote high-level
policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners.

Japan is a co-host of the conference, with
the co-organisers being the United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on
Africa (UN-OSSA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Whilst in Japan, President Akufo-Addo would
hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Abe, and also with the President of
Mauritius, and would also hold meetings with some Chief Executive Officers of
important Japanese companies.

The President would address the plenary
session of TICAD on the theme: “Accelerating Economic Transformation and
Improving Business Environment Through Innovation and Private Sector
Engagement”; deliver the keynote speech at the 2019 Symposium of the Junior
Chamber International; and deliver a statement at the Third Replenishment of
GAVI, “a public–private global health partnership committed to increasing
access to immunisation in poor countries”.

He was accompanied by the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Trade and Industry Minister Alan
Kyerematen; Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof.

Kwabena Frimpong Boateng; and officials from
the Presidency and Foreign Ministry.

The President would return to Ghana on
Sunday, September 1, 2019. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will act shall in
his stead.